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Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Tue, 20 Mar 2018 02:31:59 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Footballguruhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2010/01/28/yankees-picked-to-finish-third-miss-playoffs/comment-page-5/#comment-26847
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:20:28 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3626#comment-26847Sorry Phil, Yankees will not only make the playoffs, but also repeat and win the World Series. What loser team do you root for?
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Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:21:57 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3626#comment-26846In the off season between ’04-’05 Bill James and Baseball Prospectus had the White Sox winning 72 games and finishing in third place in the AL Central. Well for those who don’t remember, they won 99, had the second best regular season record, tied the best postseason record and won the World Series. It just goes to show that these are statical ratings and for those of you who have read moneyball have found out; these projections are great for the season but have no affect on the postseason and in fact are usually wrong in the postseason. You want to talk about depth and defense, then the Red Sox should win the AL East. Offense wise the Yankees should win. I don’t remember who posted this link earlier but in my opinion this represents a more accurate view of how all the divisions will play out this year. http://rlyw.blogspot.com/2010/01/extremely-early-2010-mlb-projected.html
But even here I don’t think the Yankees run away with the division, I believe the Rangers finish 2nd instead of 3rd, the Braves could very well win the NL East with the Phillies in 2nd and winning the wildcard, and I know damn well the Reds don’t finish better than 3rd in the NL Central.
]]>By: Jeffhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2010/01/28/yankees-picked-to-finish-third-miss-playoffs/comment-page-5/#comment-26845
Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:12:45 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3626#comment-26845I’m a Yankee fan, but with no leftfielder, no bullpen and no bench, the Yankees may not miss the Playoffs, but the current roster does not have enough depth to win a World Series. But then again, who knows what the team will look like in October. You never finish the season with the same roster you started with.
]]>By: NewYorkerhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2010/01/28/yankees-picked-to-finish-third-miss-playoffs/comment-page-5/#comment-26844
Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:58:25 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3626#comment-26844Lucky gal, she is.
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Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:56:49 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3626#comment-26843Lucky gal, she is.
]]>By: steve Knepperhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2010/01/28/yankees-picked-to-finish-third-miss-playoffs/comment-page-4/#comment-26842
Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:28:38 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3626#comment-26842Hey Phil..
Relax…DUDE
And yes I will call you dude or anything else i want anytime I want…Get over it DUDE
The funny Thing Is I believe this exact poll last year had the Yankees not even making the playoffs.
Enjoy Your Pipe dream and # 28 Jackass
]]>By: nyyaceyourpapihttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2010/01/28/yankees-picked-to-finish-third-miss-playoffs/comment-page-4/#comment-26841
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:25:08 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3626#comment-26841For all you people who keep calling the Yankees an “old” team, get some facts.
The 40 man active roster avg age by position:
Pitchers:
26.05 years (that includes 3 over 30 yr old players)
Catchers:
31 years (Jorge Posada is 38 and he still is better than a lot of catchers out there)
Infileders:
25 years (Arod is still better than your guy at 34 and Jeter, well, enough said)
Outfielders:
26.6 years (And we traded Melky away who is even below the avg age)
In total the avg age of the Yankees is 27.16
Work on that research, get back to me with your teams avg age.
Ace
]]>By: Mike Jhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2010/01/28/yankees-picked-to-finish-third-miss-playoffs/comment-page-4/#comment-26840
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:44:26 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3626#comment-268402009 they predicted the Angels would win it all.
]]>By: Juan martinezhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2010/01/28/yankees-picked-to-finish-third-miss-playoffs/comment-page-4/#comment-26839
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:54:36 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3626#comment-26839Long live the Yanks
27 and growing……Like it or not….you haters
]]>By: Darrylhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2010/01/28/yankees-picked-to-finish-third-miss-playoffs/comment-page-4/#comment-26838
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:19:18 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3626#comment-26838Proof positive that you can create algorithms and statistics to say anything you want them to say! Predictions are like opinions; which are all like assholes – everyone’s got one and they all stink.
]]>By: Da Butzhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2010/01/28/yankees-picked-to-finish-third-miss-playoffs/comment-page-4/#comment-26837
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:43:13 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3626#comment-26837Pecota is a moron
]]>By: Timhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2010/01/28/yankees-picked-to-finish-third-miss-playoffs/comment-page-4/#comment-26836
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:47:23 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3626#comment-26836Come on man thats pretty lame. Those are the fans that actually make the sport interesting, the ones that get angry and all defensive. I know because I am one of them. I dont have fun chatting it up with my friends who happen to like that miserable team from Boston. I have fun yelling rediculousness at them about their team and how amazing the Yankees are. If we were rational where is the fun.
P.S. 28 in 2010
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Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:40:21 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3626#comment-26835Well, this is so stat driven that it takes all other factors out of the equation.
With the moves the Yankees and Red Sox made this off-season they basically are going to be the same teams minus slightly less offense.
The Yankees starting 5 is now better than 2009 and the Red Sox starting 5 are now better than 2009. The Rays are exactly the same. Toronto and Baltimore have not improved at all.
The Yankees offense is the same as 2009. The Red Sox offense is not as good as 2009. Right now the Rays are the same. Toronto and Baltimore have not improved at all.
The bullpens are about the same for all 5 teams; maybe slightly not as good.
So what’s changed? Everyone is a year older? So based on that one stat the standings have changed for 2010. Quite frankly, I think the American League East will come down to who has the least injuries. The Yankees, Sox, and Rays are so close 1 thru 25 team rosters that who ever avoids that one big injury to a star player will probably win the division. I don’t think this has to do with age since the big injuries of 2009 were to mostly younger guys on all these teams, Wakefield excluded: Wang, A-Rod, Dieske Matsuzaka, etc.
And the other thing is that this system cannot account for any other new players any of these teams pick up mid-season. If the Red Sox get a big bat or if the Yankees get a big bat then this is all null and void.
And if you go and look at Baseball Prospectus picks for the American League last year … aside from the American League East could they have been more wrong? They had Minnesota in 4th place. They had the Rays with 94 wins and not 84. They had Cleveland first with 86 wins instead of 65. They had Oakland in first place instead of last place. They had the Angels getting only 81 wins instead of their actual 97 wins. Quite frankly, I think a monkey could have done a better job predicting who would place where. Actually, their predictions look a lot like the educated guess each year of all the different sports writers.
So I guess we’ll all just have to watch the games and see what actually will happen instead of trying to guess. The truth is none of us know who will break out and who will sizzle out. That’s why they play the games boys!
]]>By: moreflagsmorefunhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2010/01/28/yankees-picked-to-finish-third-miss-playoffs/comment-page-4/#comment-26834
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:19:48 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3626#comment-26834For the love of Jeter, do you think I run this blog, GET LOST!!!
]]>By: Juliehttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2010/01/28/yankees-picked-to-finish-third-miss-playoffs/comment-page-4/#comment-26833
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:05:19 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3626#comment-26833“Please do not consider yourself a Yankee fan if you are not from the tri state area. You are just a band wagon hopper.”
I’m going to assume that you meant this in jest. I can’t imagine any adult making such ridiculously random generalizations in seriousness. I happen to live in a minute town in East Tennessee, but I’ve been a die-hard Yankees fan for 25 years. If that makes me a ‘band wagon hopper’, then so be it. Region has nothing to do with fandom. Down here, we’re inundated with Braves games, Reds games, even Cards games, but it was the Yankees that lured me into the baseball fold & that’s where I’ve stayed. Your generalization that you have to live in NY to be a “true” Yankees fan is oversimplistic and silly at best and downright offensive at worst.
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Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:50:43 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3626#comment-26832Baseball Prospectus? Isin`t that the same guys who use the “UZR”?
That moronic stat that at one time last year claimed that Ryan Howard was a better fielding 1st baseman than Texieria. Using thier twisted logic I guess the Nationals will be world champs!
The worst part is that by mainstream media writting about this it lends them credence. Just ignore these 12 year old stat geeks and maybe they`ll go away.
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Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:35:21 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3626#comment-26831PECOTA: You can’t be that stupid to pick the Yankees to finish 3rd and out of the playoffs. Which calculator are you using? Hopefully not your head.
]]>By: Matthttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2010/01/28/yankees-picked-to-finish-third-miss-playoffs/comment-page-4/#comment-26830
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:42:49 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3626#comment-26830How ’bout OAKLAND winning the West?!
]]>By: Joshhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2010/01/28/yankees-picked-to-finish-third-miss-playoffs/comment-page-4/#comment-26829
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:16:57 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3626#comment-26829I believe last year was an aberration, not the year before. The Rays should rebound from a fairly down year to compete for the AL East title. It should be a three team race again. New York’s rotation and bullpen imho are still somewhat questionable. Burnett is very inconsistent and often posts high ERAs, the Vasquez experiment didn’t work out for NY last time, etc. Boston’s offense is very very questionable unless Ellsbury learns how to get on base and Ortiz continues his second half of last season’s production (id est get back on the juice.) Tampa won a few years ago with very solid pitching, great defense, and speed. If they can rediscover all that, maybe they can take the division again. Otherwise I see New York taking it.
But I’m surprised not enough people have been remarking about the Nationals winning 82 games by PECOTA’s prediction.
]]>By: Rays fanhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2010/01/28/yankees-picked-to-finish-third-miss-playoffs/comment-page-3/#comment-26828
Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:05:39 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3626#comment-26828“The last time they were relevant, Shotzie was still taking dumps in the Reds clubhouse, and Pete Rose was still in the good graces of MLB!”
correction–Pete Rose was banned in 1989, & the Reds swept the heavily favored A’s in the 1990 World Series.
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